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My Super Bowl is over. In fact, you can cancel Christmas, too. Three days before the Super Bowl, I got to see Beyonce up close. She was on stage at the Convention Center here in New Orleans and I was in the fifth row from the front. Only those who had reserved seats had better seats than mine. Of course, I had arrived about an hour and 15 minutes early. And when the time finally arrived, when she strolled out on the stage, I melted. My new nickname is Butter. I just stared and gawked. Then she asked everyone to stand up and she sang the national anthem. It was awesome, and it was her way of telling those who criticized her for lip-synching at the Presidential inauguration to...

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My Super Bowl is over. In fact, you can cancel Christmas, too.
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From the Midnight Sun blog:
One is on the short list of entertainers who could replace Michael
Jackson as the king of pop.
The other has dominated airwaves with sexually charged lyrics
boasting of his sexual prowess.
Both, Usher and Trey Songz, used...

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But there...

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